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A **Web browser** or **browser** is a program that retrieves and displays pages from the {{Glossary("World Wide Web", "Web")}}, and lets users access further pages through {{Glossary("hyperlink", "hyperlinks")}}. A browser is the most familiar type of {{Glossary("user agent")}}. It uses a {{Glossary("Engine/Rendering", "rendering engine")}} to display web pages.
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A **web browser** or **browser** is a program that retrieves and displays pages from the {{Glossary("World Wide Web", "web")}}, and lets users access additional pages through {{Glossary("hyperlink", "hyperlinks")}}. A browser is the most familiar type of {{Glossary("user agent")}}. It uses a {{Glossary("Engine/Rendering", "rendering engine")}} to display web pages.
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Common browsers include:
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- {{Glossary("Apple Safari")}}
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- {{Glossary("Google Chrome")}}
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- {{Glossary("Microsoft Edge")}} (replaced {{Glossary("Microsoft Internet Explorer", "Internet Explorer")}})
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- {{Glossary("Mozilla Firefox")}}
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- {{Glossary("Apple Safari")}}
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- {{Glossary("Microsoft Edge")}}
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- {{Glossary("Opera Browser")}}
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## See also
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-[Web browser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser) on Wikipedia
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Google Chrome is a free Web {{glossary("browser")}} developed by Google, based on the [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/) open source project. Some key differences are described in BrowserStack's [Chrome vs Chromium: Core Differences](https://www.browserstack.com/guide/difference-between-chrome-and-chromium) guide.
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**Chrome** is a free {{Glossary("Browser","web browser")}} developed by Google, based on the [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/) open source project. Some key differences are described in BrowserStack's [Chrome vs Chromium: Core Differences](https://www.browserstack.com/guide/difference-between-chrome-and-chromium) guide.
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Chromium also has its own layout engine called {{glossary("Blink")}}; note however that the iOS version of Chrome uses that platform's WebView rather than Blink, due to platform restrictions.
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Chrome, like Chromium, uses a rendering engine called {{Glossary("Blink")}}. On iOS though, due to platform restrictions, Chrome uses Apple's WebKit-based WebView instead of Blink.
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## See also
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## Download Chrome
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-[Google Chrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome) on Wikipedia
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Chrome is available on multiple platforms and comes in different versions for different user needs.
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### For Chrome Users
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Use one of these links if you're an everyday user.
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If you're an everyday Chrome user, use one of these links based on your platform or device:
If you want to try the latest Chrome features, install one of the pre-stable builds. Google pushes updates frequently and has designed the distributions to run side-by-side with the stable version. Visit the [Chrome Releases Blog](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/) to learn what's new.
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-[Chrome Dev for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.dev)
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-[Chrome Canary for desktop](https://www.google.com/chrome/canary/).
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-[Chrome Canary for desktop](https://www.google.com/chrome/canary/)
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-[Google Chrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome) on Wikipedia
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-[Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/) on google.com
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**Microsoft Edge** is a proprietary cross-platform {{glossary("World Wide Web", "Web")}} {{Glossary("browser")}} developed by Microsoft since 2014. Initially known as Spartan, Edge replaced the longstanding browser {{glossary("Microsoft Internet Explorer", "Internet Explorer")}}.
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**Edge** is a proprietary, cross-platform {{Glossary("Browser","web browser")}} developed by Microsoft in 2014. Initially known as "Spartan", Edge replaced {{glossary("Microsoft Internet Explorer", "Internet Explorer")}}, which had been Microsoft's primary browser for over 20 years.
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Edge is included with Windows 10 and Windows 11, and is also available for macOS, iOS/iPadOS, Android and Linux. Edge used EdgeHTML as its {{Glossary("Engine/Rendering", "rendering engine")}} until 2019, when it was replaced by {{glossary("Blink")}}, the rendering engine used by {{Glossary("Google Chrome")}}. On iOS/iPadOS, Edge instead uses {{glossary("WebKit")}} as its rendering engine. Edge supports 'IE mode' for backwards compatibility that uses the {{glossary("Trident")}} engine to render pages requiring legacy Internet Explorer features.
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Edge is included with Windows 10 and Windows 11, and is also available for macOS, iOS/iPadOS, Android and Linux.
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Edge used EdgeHTML as its {{Glossary("Engine/Rendering", "rendering engine")}} until 2019, when it was replaced by {{glossary("Blink")}}, the rendering engine used by {{Glossary("Google Chrome")}}. On iOS/iPadOS, Edge uses {{glossary("WebKit")}} as its rendering engine. Edge supports 'IE mode' for backwards compatibility that uses the {{glossary("Trident")}} engine to render pages requiring legacy Internet Explorer features.
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Internet Explorer (or IE) was a free graphical {{glossary("browser")}} maintained by Microsoft for legacy enterprise uses. {{glossary("Microsoft Edge")}} is currently the default Windows browser.
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**Internet Explorer** (or IE) was a free, graphical {{Glossary("Browser","web browser")}} maintained by Microsoft for legacy enterprise uses. {{glossary("Microsoft Edge")}} is currently the default Windows browser.
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Microsoft first bundled IE with Windows in 1995 as part of the package called "Microsoft Plus!". By around 2002, Internet Explorer had become the most used browser in the world, but lost ground to Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
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Microsoft first bundled IE with Windows in 1995 as part of the package called "Microsoft Plus!". By around 2002, Internet Explorer had become the most used browser in the world, but lost ground to {{glossary("Google Chrome", "Chrome")}}, {{glossary("Mozilla Firefox", "Firefox")}}, {{glossary("Microsoft Edge", "Edge")}}, and {{glossary("Apple Safari", "Safari")}}.
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IE went through many releases and provided version for desktop, mobile, and Xbox Console. It was also available on Mac and UNIX, Microsoft discontinued those versions in 2003 and 2001 respectively. The final Windows release was Windows 11.0.220 on November 10, 2020.
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IE went through many releases and provided versions for desktop, mobile, and Xbox Console. It was also available on Mac and UNIX; Microsoft discontinued those versions in 2003 and 2001, respectively. The final Windows release was version 11.0.220 on November 10, 2020.
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Microsoft ended support for IE on June 15, 2022.
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-[Internet Explorer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer) on Wikipedia
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-[History of Internet Explorer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Internet_Explorer) on Wikipedia
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-[Internet Explorer EOL countdown](https://death-to-ie11.com/)
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**Mozilla Firefox** is a free open-source {{Glossary("browser")}} whose development is overseen by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.
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**Firefox** is a free, open-source {{Glossary("Browser","web browser")}} developed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.
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First released in November 2004, Firefox is completely customizable with themes, plug-ins, and [add-ons](/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons). Firefox uses {{glossary("Gecko")}} to render webpages, and implements both current and upcoming {{glossary("world wide web", "Web")}} standards.
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First released in November 2004, Firefox is customizable with themes, plugins, and [add-ons](/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons). Firefox uses the {{glossary("Gecko")}} rendering engine to display web pages and implements both current and upcoming {{glossary("world wide web", "web")}} standards.
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**Opera** is the fifth most used web {{glossary("browser")}}, publicly released in 1996 and initially running on Windows only. Opera uses {{glossary("Blink")}} as its layout engine since 2013 (before that, {{glossary("Presto")}}). Opera also exists in mobile and tablet versions.
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**Opera** is a free {{Glossary("Browser","web browser")}} that was released publicly in 1996 and was initially available only for Windows. Opera has used the {{glossary("Blink")}} rendering engine since 2013 (replacing {{glossary("Presto")}}). Opera is also available on mobiles and tablets.
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-[Opera (web browser)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Browser) on Wikipedia
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- Open issues using the [bug report wizard](https://bugs.opera.com/wizard/)
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